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Stanisław Lem Science Garden

Aromatic plants

Humans, like other animals, possess the ability to distinguish between scents and memorize them. Their number can be enormous and the memories recalled by scents can constitute for us a travel many years back in time.

Geo-garden

In Geo-garden there are 17 rocks, the common feature of which is presence in Krakow’s architecture.

LEM'S MAZE

Geometric labyrinth system in the Experience Garden is among the most common classic forms. The geometry of applied roads causes, that we are really dealing with two labyrinths.

Acoustics

in main roles, unusual musical instruments, including the most important one: your vocal chords

Mechanics

races, collisions, compression, tearing apart, jumping, waving, rotating, pushing, swinging, balancing and more...

Magnetism

attraction, repulsion, not entirely free fall, rotating currents

Hydrostatics

interesting liquid compression or rotating effects

Optics

experiments with light, shape and colour perception by the human eye, interesting and funny mirror effects

Stanisław Lem Science Garden

How to swing without effort? How to fly without wings? Can you see other colours on the black and white disc? You can search for the answer to these and other questions yourself while exploring the Science Garden

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LEMONIADA 2018

Lemoniada is an annual contest, organised since 2011, inspired by the work of Stanisław Lem. The theme of previous Lemoniadas were: "Mortal Engines" and "The Cyberiad: Fables for the Cybernetic Age", "Observation on the Spot", "His Master's Voice", "The Futurological Congress", "The Star...

Museum lessons

The exploration of the Science Garden may be supplemented by museum classes. The issues raised on them fully exploits the characteristics of the place - an open space, thanks to which the phenomena of physics are presented through loud sounds, explosions, launching rockets or ball games.

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2018-10-01 09:00:00

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